In a message dated 12/13/99 9:55:08 AM Central Standard Time,
pholden5@earthlink.net writes:
<< If you think for one moment that “passion” equals moral
correctness I can only say, “How wrong can someone be?” No one
in recent history was more passionate about his moral beliefs than
Adolf Hitler. Have you ever seen newsreels of him “emoting” about
the Jews?. Surely you can see from you knowledge of history that
zeal is no measure of rectitude. >>
Platt, you do realize that the manipulative example of Hitler as an argument
against extremism has been used so many times that it's rapidly becoming
absurd. Surely you can do better than this (you'll probably name off some
other well-known leaders who are responsible for killing millions of people;
anyone who supports your rather thin argument).
With each post you seem to make it clearer and clearer that you are the
spokesman for everyone who is afraid of change. For everyone who doesn't want
their philosophy of looking out for #1 challenged. You continue to name off
reasons why passion and change are dangerous. You seem to champion
complacency. What are you so afraid of?
If I'm way off base, explain.
And David's error regarding John Galt's profession wasn't really that major.
As you know, the main character of Rand's second most famous book, "The
Fountainhead" was a rather cold red-haired dude named Howard Rowark (or
something like that). He was the architect. An easy mix-up. I found David's
other comments regarding Rand to be very refreshing.
Jon
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